Improvement in combined manure fork and hook



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

n. DEAN, or ooEocrAH, MioEIeAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED MANURE FORK AND HOOK.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 87,249, dated February23, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B. DEAN, of Cohoetah, in the county of Livingston,and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Manure Fork and Hook; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a manure- 'Ork which may be very quickly and easily changed to anunloading-hook.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, whichform a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side viewof the manure-fork, and Fig. 2 the same when changed to a nianare-hook.

A represents the handle, on the top end of which is a slotted metallicend piece, B. The fork C is provided with an arm, D, which is insertedin the slot on the end piece, B, and a pin, a, passed through the same,which thus pivots the fork to the handle.

A metal socket or collar, E, is placed over the end piece, B, resting ona shoulder near the handle A. This collar is on one side provided with aslot, b, as seen in the drawings. The arm D being placed inside of theend piece, B, the colla-r E holds the fork steady, 4so

that it cannot turn on its pivot a.

When it is desired to change the instrument to a manure-hook, it is onlynecessary to turn the collar so that arm'D can pass out through the slotb. By turning the fork C on its pivot until it comes at right angleswith the handle A, the arm D will extend on the opposite side. as shownin Fig. 2, and when the collar is turned again, so that its slot b isaway from said arm, the fork is held stationary in that position.

I am aware that manure-forks have been constructed so as to turn orrevolve upon the gandle, and do not claim this as my invention;

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the slotted end piece, B, and fork C, the slottedcolla-r or ferrule E, for the purpose of holding the fork in eitherposition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of December, 1868.

R. DEAN.

Witnesses:

M. THATCHER, J AMES E. STROUD.

